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Plustek Opticfilm 8100
alaTest has collected and analyzed 139 reviews of Plustek Opticfilm 8100. The average rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the design and reliability are generally positive. The price and usability also get good opinions, whereas comments are divided on the size.
usability, price, reliability, design
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Plustek Opticfilm 8100 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for Plustek Opticfilm 8100
alaTest has collected and analyzed 40 user reviews of Plustek Opticfilm 8100 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the design and size. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably. Many are less positive about the reliability.
usability, price, size, design
reliability
78% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Consumer review (amazon.com)
Amazon.com review summary for Plustek Opticfilm 8100
alaTest has collected and analyzed 34 user reviews of Plustek Opticfilm 8100 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the reliability and design. The price and usability also get good feedback, but some have doubts about the size.
usability, price, design, reliability
size
79% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Apr, 2025
Expert review by : Robin Morris (techadvisor.co.uk)
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 review
The Plustek OpticFilm 8100 is a compact film scanner with 7200dpi resolution.
It’s questionable how much of an advance the 8100 is over previous Plustek models, and there seems little reason for owners of previous OpticFilms to upgrade. Nonetheless, SilverFast SE Plus 8 is a very effective piece of software, and the 8100...
Mar, 2012
Expert review by : M. David Stone (pcmag.com)
Plustek OpticFilm 8100
The Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner delivers reasonably high-quality scans, but it lacks hardware-based dust and scratch removal and requires some effort to get good scans.
Rated at 7,200 pixels-per-inch (ppi) optical resolution. Comes with SilverFast SE Plus 8, a sophisticated scan utility .
Scans only one slide or frame of film at a time. Little to no automation in software. No hardware-based dust and scratch removal.
If you need to scan only 35mm film and slides, and you're the kind of perfectionist who wants manual control to adjust the settings just so on every scan, the Plustek OpticFilm 8100 will give you that capability for a lower price than the Epson V700....
May, 2014
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner
When working it produces very high quality scans
The SilverFast8 software is a nightmare to install and update, having many conflicts with anti-virus software. Silverfast are slow to respond to requests for help.
Jan, 2013
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner
good image quality
effects processing slow
Jan, 2013
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner
Quality of scan and the ease of use with Quickscan
It's better to use Photoshop after the scan rather than SilverFast before the scan.
Sep, 2012
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Very good quality
No IR dust reduction. $100 less than the next model up. Perfect for B&W negatives than cannot benefit from IR dust reduction. Be aware that if you want to do Kodachrome with any scanner, you really need a Kodachrome calibration slide, which is extra.
Very good quality. Pretty good price.
This scanner has many, many controls if you are not inclined to use them get a scanner that is more automatic.
Dec, 2015
Consumer review (newegg.com)
Expensive scanner. Poor quality
Compact. Nice design.
Bought a $200 epson flatbed scanner after scanning about 1600 of my mother's slides from the early 60's. 80% of the scans came out VERY dark - almost to the point of them being unviewable. The corrections (auto and manual) in the software result in...
Nov, 2014
Consumer review (walmart.com)
Not worth the time or money
I bought this specifically to scan some old slides from the 50's - the 80's. Most are in mint to near miont condition and played great through an old slide projector. After working with the program and the slides I decided that this item just does not...
May, 2014
Consumer review (walmart.com)
Top notch scanner
My husband has purchased other slide / negative scanners in the past and found them to be low quality and unsatisfactory. However, he is 100% satisfied with the Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner. The scanner and accessories are very high quality and...
Aug, 2013
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